Middle Orient

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Head of the Judiciary informed of the formation of headquarters in Iran’s border provinces in a bid to encounter anti-security moves.

DAMASCUS, (SANA) Director of the Bureau of the Arab League Secretary General Hisham Youssef on Thursday condemned the Israeli flagrant aggression on Lebanon.

MOSCOW, (SANA)- Russia has condemned the Israeli aggression on the civilian infrastructures in Lebanon and Gaza Strip, asserting strong support to Lebanon’s sovereignty and integrity.

Hezbollah has said that it has captured two Israeli soldiers in attacks from Lebanon on enemy border posts. The Lebanese group said on Wednesday that it had captured the pair to secure the release of detainees held in Israeli prisons.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi here Thursday condemned Israel’s invasion of Lebanon and destruction of Lebanese infrastructure.

Israeli air stirkes in Lebanon have killed 27 civilians and forced the closure of Beirut’s international airport. An Israeli woman was also killed after Hezbollah fired rockets across the border with Israel into the northern town of Nahariya.   The closure of the new Rafiq Hariri airport on Thursday came …

BEIRUT, (SANA)- Lebanese al-Manar TV announced on Thursday that the Israeli shelling which targeted a branch station in Southern Beirut Area caused material damage and three workers were injured.

DAMASCUS (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in the Syrian capital Monday in a government-sanctioned protest to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip under attack following last month’s capture of an Israeli soldier.

BEIRUT — Rarely have Western news organisations wooed Arab hearts and minds so avidly — or with so little certainty of political or commercial reward.

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) — Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah approved Monday a new 16-member Cabinet that remains dominated by the ruling family despite the opposition’s victory in June elections.